Garment



B. S. DE LONG Dec. 16', 1930.

GARMENT Filed April 12 1928 Patented Dec. 16, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE GARMENT Application filed April 12,

\ This invention relates to childrens and womens garments in the natureof underwear, dresses etc. I

It is an object of this invention to provide a garment adapted to fitthe body of a wearer and having a seat opening in the rear thereof,

- and a flap adapted normally to cover said opening and to be held inplace without use of buttons and buttonholes, clasps, snap fastenersetc., and yet being capable of being operated to expose the seat openingin the garment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment for womenandchildren which will fit the body of the wearer and is expansible at therear side of the waist thereof, to accommodate the garment to bending orsimilar movement by the wearer.

To these ends, the invention consists in the novel parts and novelcombinations of parts,

hereinafter defined in the claims and described in the followingspecification, made-in v,

tain of the parts being illustrated in one position in full lines, andin dotted lines;

' Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3-'3 of. Fig. 2, as isindicated by the arrows Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line44: of Fig. 2, as is indicated by the arrows;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of another position in thegarment illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4,

taken from the inside of the garment looking outwardly Fig. 6 is aperspective view similar to Fig. 5, of a slightly different embodimentof the invention, and

Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view similar 1928. Serial 1%. 269,401.v

to Fig. 4 of the garment embodied in the structure shown in Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, a childs or womansunder-garment A is illustrated which is adapted to lit the body of thewearer and which may be supported as by shoulder straps 8 in the usualmanner. A seat opening 9 is provided at the rear side of the garmentacro'ssthe back thereof. and from adjacent the waistline of the garmentto the crotch portion thereof. A flap 10 projects downwardly from thewaistline of the gar ment into the seat opening some little distance. Tocover the opening 9, a rectangular flap or drop seat 11 is provided atthe rear of the garment. This flap 11 extends upwardly "from adjacentthe lower portion of the rear side of the garment to a point just abovethe waistline and the top edge of the flap -11 has formed thereon anelastic cord holder 12- forming a continuous passage from one edge ofthe flap to the other edge thereof. The cord holder 12 is preferablyformed by either bending over the extreme upper edge of the flap 11 onitself and sewing the bent over portion to the main portion thereof, orelse the holder may be formed by sewing an extra strip along the topedge of the flap 11. Preferably a double band of nonelectric material issewed to the waistline of the garment to form a cord holder 13 whichextends from one side of the garment across the front thereof, to theother side of the garment. An endless elastic cord 14 fits within thepassages in the two cord holders l2 and 13 and through slits 15 providedat each side of the garmentrearwardly from the rear ends of the cordholder 13. 1 p

When the garment is being worn by a. child or woman, the waist portionwill be filled out to stretch the elastic cord14 sli htly and slits willbe formed at the sides of the garment projectin downwardly from thewaistline "thereof. he fiap 11 will thus normallyextend over the seatopening 9 as is indicated in full lines Figs. 1,. 2 and 3 with the upperedge of the flap adjacent the waistline of the arment to entirely closethe seat opening. en it becomes desirable to expose the seat opening,the flap 11 may be lowered tothepo 7 position un sition illustrated indotted 'nes Figs. 1 and 2, and the elastic cord 14 will have suflicientelasticity to permit the flap to be swung downwardly about a portion ofthe rear side of the garment below the waistline as an axis to exposethe entire seat opening 9 of the garment. When released, the elasticcord 14 will again act to return the flap 11 to its normal upwardy swungposition. The cord holders 12 and 13 will gather slightly at thewaistline of the garment to permit expansion of the waistline as thewearer of the garment bends over 9r otherwise moves about. Also as theIn Figs. 6 and 7 a slightly modified form of garment B is shown. In thegarment 'B, a flap 16 forming a drop seat is provided which is similarin all respects to the flap 11. with the exception that a double elasticcord holder 17 is provided at the upper edge of the fiap, rather than asingle cord holder 12. Also instead of providing a single cord holder 13at the sides and front of the garment, the garment B is provided with asingle strip 18 which extends across the sides and front of the garmentand is stitched at 19 along its two edges to the front of the garmentand is stitched b stitching 20 at its center to the-two sides of t egarment. ,The central stitching 20 at the sides of the garment leavesthe edges of the strip 18 free and a plurality of eyes 21 are providedin double rows in the strip 18 at the two sides of the garment. Anelastic cord 22, formed as a double loop, projects through the doubleopenings in the cord holder 17 and through the double rows of eyes 21and through openings 23 equipped with eyes in the sides of the garmentrearwardly from the rear ends of the strip 18. The cord 22 will thusextend from one side of the garment rearwardly across theback of thegarment to the other side of the garment. Inasmuch as the strip 18 isstitched to the garment B in at its central portion 20, it willbe seentha the cordcan be readily extended through the various eyes 21 withoutdifliculty. When the double elastic cord 22 is used, the upper edge 6fthe flap 16 will be given slightly, more rigidity than is the case wherethe single cord 14 is used. Thus in the garment B, there will be notendency for the upper edge of the fla to turn or twist. The flap 16,-forming the op seat of the garment B, will act like the flap 11 in allrespects to close the seat opening in the rear of the garment, or toallow thedrop seat to be lowered to expose the seat opening. Also in thegarment B, the sides of the waist portion of the garment, as well as theback of the garment, may be expanded to accommodate the garment tomovement by the wearer thereof.

In both the garment A and in the garment B, a holder 13 or a cloth band18 is provided which extends completely around the front of the garmentsso that the pull at the Waistline of thegarments will be exerted againsta cloth'band at the waist of the garments, rather than against the mainmaterial of the garments themselves. of the garments will therefore notbe unduly expanded and the shape of the garments will be maintained.

The invention has beenamply demonstrated in actual practice and has beenfound to be very successful for the purposes intended. The constructionis cheap and simple.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made inthe form, details, arrangement and proportions of the various partswithout departing from the scope of the present invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A garment adapted to fit the body of a wearer, having a seat openingextending downwardly from the back of the waistline thereof, asubstantially rectangularflap secured to the lower rear portion of thegarment and adapted to cover said opening when upwardly extended, aflexible strip secured to the forward portion of the waistline forwardlyof the flap, and an elastic cord mounted in the upper edge of said flap,the forward portions of said cord projecting through portions of therear ends of said strip and being permanently mounted in said strip,

whereby said elastic cord will normally hold said flap in upwardlyraised position against the rear portion of the waistline of the garment to close said opening, but will permit said flap to be bodilydropped to expose the said opening without detachment of said cord fromsaid strip, portions of said elastic cord normally ro ect-ing throughthe rear ends 'of said strip being partially withdrawable 'to gather therear .portions of said strip The waist portions and thereby afiord longactive and stretchable lengthsof the elastic cord between the rear endsof the strip and the side edges of "said flap.

2'. A garment adapted to fit the body of a wearer, having a seat openingextending downwardly and below the rear waistline of the garment, arectangular flap formed at the rear lower side of the garment andadaipted to be projected upwardly to fit over sai opening, astripofmaterial secured-to the forward waistline of the garment, a cord holderformed at the upper edge of said flap and an endless elastic cord formedin a loop, both runs of which project through said cord holder andthrough the portions of said strip 7 adjacent the sides of said flap,whereby the waistline of said garment will be expansible and said cordwill normally hold said flap in upwardly raised postion to close saidseat opening, but will permit the flap to be bodily dropped to exposesaid seat opening, the two runs of the endless cord tending to preventthe upper edge of said flap from twisting.

3. A garment adapted to embrace the body of a wearer, having a seatopening extending downwardly and below the rear waistline of thegarment, a flap having top and side edges and secured at the rear lowerside ofthe gar-' ment and adapted to be projected upwardly to fit oversaid opening, a cord holder formed at the upper edge of said flap andtwo. elastic cords projecting through said cord holder and held inspaced relation thereby, said elastic cords projecting laterally fromthe two sides of said flap, and being secured at their forward portionsto the waistline of the garment forwardly from the sides of said seatopening,'whereby the waistline of said garment will be expansible andsaid elastic cords will normally hold said flap in upwardly raisedposition to close said seat opento the inner side of the waistlineforwardly of the edges of the seat opening and elastics mounted at thetop of said fla and extending laterally of the edges of said ap, theforward portions of said elastics projecting inwardly through thewaistline of the garment adjacent the edges of the seat'opening andbeing permanently mounted in said strip, whereby said elastics willnormally hold said flap in upwardly raised position against the rearportion of the waistline of the garment to close said opening, but willpermit said flap to be bodily dropped to expose the said opening withoutdetachment of said elastics from said strip, forward portions of saidelastics projecting inwardly through the waistline of the garment beingpartially withdrawable to gather portions of the waistline of thegarment between the points of attachment of the elastics to said stripand the portions through which said elastics extend and thereby affordlong and stretchable lengths of the elastics between the points ofattachment of the elastics to the strip and the edges of said flap.

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BERTHA SUZANNE DE L NG.

ing but will permit said flap to be bodily dropped to expose said seatopening, the two elastic cords acting to prevent the upper edge of saidflap from twisting.

-- 4. A garment adapted to embrace the body of the wearer, having a seatopening extending downwardly from the back of the waistline thereof, aflap having top and side edges and secured to the lower rear portion ofthe garment, and elastics carried bythe upper edge of said flap andrunning forwardly from the side edges thereof, the forward portions ofsaid elastics passing through portions of the waistline of the garmentadjacent the edges of said seat opening and being secured in fixedrelation to the waistline of the garment in forwardly spaced relationfrom the edges of said seat opening, whereby said elastics will normallyact to hold said flap in raised position over said seat open- 7 ing butwill be withdrawable for a considerable portion of their lengths fromsaid portions of the waistline to permit gathering of the waistline andafford long, active lengths of the elastics between said portions of thewaistline and side. edges of said flap to permit said flap to be bodilyswung downwardly to widely expose said seat opening without detachmentof said elastics from the waistline.

5. A garment adapted to embrace the body of a wearer, having a seatopening extending downwardly from the back of the waistline thereof, aflap having top and side edges secured to the lower rear portion of thegar-. ment and adapted to cover said opening when upwardly extended, aflexible strip secured

